Cuba 2010

We have been blessed to be able to put together this 9-day trip into Havana, Cuba, to train pastors in Messianic Judaism, and Messianic Jewish leadership. During our time in Cuba, each morning will start with worship and devotions. The first few days will include leadership training, divided into 3 or 4 1-hour sessions each day. The afternoons will see a women’s training course, and visitation to homes in the area. Friday evening, we will conduct a Passover celebration that will highlight the Messiah in the Feast of the Passover. And Saturday’s highlight will be spending the day with the children, hosting a baseball tournament, and ministering to the youth. It will culminate in a multi-cultural worship celebration.
Sunday is time with the house churches, and we will do mikva’ot (baptisms) in the ocean in the afternoon. Jonathan Settel will be giving a concert on Sunday evening, along with his testimony, which will be a powerful time. On Monday we will visit Old Havana, and the hope is that we will be able to visit the old synagogue there. Then in the evening, we will divide into teams and do our Passover seder presentations in the house churches. On Tuesday, we will do home visitation, and then have some free time in the afternoon, to get ready for our departure. Then Wednesday we leave for home.

We are also planning on bringing humanitarian relief with us. For a list of items that we need, click here.

You can see the details below. For trip costs and payment schedule, click here.

Tuesday, June 1st

     Tuesday will be mainly a travel day. We will arrive in Cuba, and we will meet up with the Cuban team at dinner. We’ll have dinner all together, and then go back to the hotel for a good night’s rest.

Wednesday, June 2nd

     9:00 – 10:00am
          Morning activites including:
               Blowing the shofar
               Praise and worship
               Devotions
     10:00 – 11:00am
          Introduction to Cuban church growth strategy
     11:00 – 12:00pm
          Leadership training session 1
     12:00 – 1:00pm
          Lunch
     1:00 – 2:00pm
          Leadership training session 2
     Women’s seminar
          2:00 – 3:00pm     Women’s session 1
          3:00 – 4:00pm     Women’s session 2
          4:00 – 5:00pm     Women’s session 3
     Men’s activity
          2:00 – 5:00pm – home visitations
     6:00 – 7:00pm
          Dinner all together
     Early night – back to the hotel

Thursday, June 3rd

     9:00 – 10:00am
          Morning activites including:
               Blowing the shofar
               Praise and worship
               Devotions
     10:00 – 11:00am
          Leadership training session 3
     11:00 – 12:00pm
          Leadership training session 4
     12:00 – 1:00pm
          Lunch
     1:00 – 2:00pm
          Leadership training session 5
     Women’s seminar
          2:00 – 3:00pm     Women’s session 4
          3:00 – 4:00pm     Women’s session 5
          4:00 – 5:00pm     Women’s session 6
     Men’s activity
          2:00 – 5:00pm – home visitations
     6:00 – 7:00pm
          Dinner all together
     Evening we will visit the indivdual home churches.

Friday, June 4th

     9:00 – 10:00am
          Morning activites including:
               Blowing the shofar
               Praise and worship
               Devotions
     10:00 – 11:00am
         Leadership training session 6
     11:00 – 12:00pm
          Leadership training session 7
     12:00 – 1:00pm
          Lunch
     1:00 – 4:00pm
          Preparation for Passover seder
               – cooking
               – setting up tables
          Initial preparation for Saturday night events
     6:00 – 9:00pm
          Messiah in the Passover Seder celebration

Saturday, June 5th

     9:00 – 10:00am
          Morning activites including:
               Blowing the shofar
               Praise and worship
               Devotions
     10:00 – 12:00am
          Children’s baseball tournament
     12:00 – 1:00pm
          Lunch
     1:00 – 3:00pm
          Baseball tournament continues
     1:00 – 5:00 (for younger kids)
          Arts & Crafts (VBS-stype)
               - construction paper
               – Elmer’s glue
               – crayons
               – colored pencils
               – bows/ribbons
     6:00 – 7:00pm
          Dinner
     8:00 – 11:00pm
          Combined American-Cuban praise and worship extravaganza

Sunday, June 6th

     9:00 – 12:00am
          Morning in house churches
               small teams (3-4 people)
               testimonies
               worship
               message
     12:00 – 1:00pm
          Lunch
     1:00 – 3:00pm
          Immersions in the ocean
     3:00 – 5:00pm
          ministry with the children
     6:00 – 7:00pm
          Dinner
     8:00 – 10:00pm
          Concert and testimony

Monday, June 7th

     9:00 – 10:00am
          Morning activites including:
               Blowing the shofar
               Praise and worship
               Devotions
     10:00 – 12:00pm
          Visit to Old Havana
     12:00 – 1:00pm
          Lunch
     1:00 – 5:00pm
          Preparations for house church seders
     5:00 – 6:00pm
          Teams divide to house churches
     6:00 – 10:00pm
          Seders in house churches

Tuesday, June 8th

     9:00 – 10:00am
          Morning activites including:
               Blowing the shofar
               Praise and worship
               Devotions
     10:00 – 12:00pm
          Home visitations for the whole team
     12:00 – 1:00pm
          Lunch
     1:00 – 5:00pm
          Free time/follow-up ministry
     6:00 – 10:00pm
          Dinner with the whole team in Chinatown

Wednesday, June 9th

     8:00 – 9:00am
          Leave for the airport

     1:00 – 2:00pm
          Arrive back in Nassau, Bahamas

     4:00 – 5:00pm
          Flight back to BWI/Dulles